Crafting FAQ

How do I get the crafting planner to give me the super upgrade recipe's?

Underlined Devastation Elements are the Dominating Focus. Just follow the chart, if you go Air for the first focus, and Earth for the second, the chart shows BOLAS/Water will appear in the crafting planner.

Focus #1	Focus #2	Final Foci	Aspect Created	Weapon Attribute Added

Air	Air	Air	Air II	Air Guard (On-Being-Hit chance, DC 35 Trip vs. attacker or 30-second haste)
Fire	Fire	Fire	Fire II	Incineration (On hit, there is a chance of approx. 300 fire damage. Percent chance unknown)
Earth	Earth	Earth	Earth II	Earthgrab (On-Hit chance, Reflex DC 35 negates, target helpless while held.)
Water	Water	Water	Water II	Crushing Wave (On-Hit chance, 30-40 Cold + 30-40 Bludgeon Damage every 2 seconds for 6 seconds)
Negative	Negative	Negative	Negative Energy II	Slay Living (On-Hit chance, Slay any living enemy, successful DC 30 Fortitude Save takes 3d6
Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive Energy II	Greater Disruption (~3% On-Hit chance, Undead destroyed - no save)

Air	Earth	Fire + Water	BOLAS II	Elemental Mastery (On-Hit Chance to add 1d6 Acid, Cold, Electric, and/or Fire. Appears to be 10-20% for each to trigger, and 80%+ chance for at least one per hit.)
Air	Fire	Air + Fire	Smoke II	Smoke Concealment (20% Blur, Permanent)
Air	Water	Air + Water	Ice II	Freezing Ice (On-Hit Chance to Freeze Target - Target is Immobilized, but no auto-crit)
Air	Negative	Air + Negative	Vacuum II	Trap the Soul (on-hit chance to cast Trap the Soul on target, 20HD version only, DC>26 [maybe30?])
Air	Positive	Air + Positive	Lightning II	Lightning Strike (On-Hit ~2% Chance to Strike with Lightning Bolt ~600-650 Damage)
Earth	Fire	Earth + Fire	Magma II	Magma Surge (On-Hit Chance to slow your opponent and cast Magma Surge, three ticks of ~100 damage each)
Earth	Water	Earth + Water	Ooze II	Sundering Ooze (On-Hit Chance to cast [Ooze Sunder] or summon CR12 Ooze to fight for you)
Earth	Negative	Earth + Negative	Dust II	Disintegration (On-Hit Chance to Inflict 500+ Damage, no save)
Positive	Earth	Positive + Earth	Mineral II	Transmuting, Keen/Impact, Slicing (+1d4 Damage vs. Targets that can bleed), Mineral (+8 Hardness, +80 Durability)
Fire	Water	Air + Earth	Tempered II	Elemental Mastery On-Hit Chance to add 1d6 Acid, Cold, Electric, and/or Fire. Appears to be 10-20% for each to trigger, and 80%+ chance for at least one per hit.)
Fire	Negative	Fire + Negative	Ash II	Enervation (1d4 negative levels). Appears to have about 5% chance to trigger on each hit.
Fire	Positive	Fire + Positive	Radiance II	Radiance (On-Crit 4d6 Light Damage + Blindness)
Water	Negative	Water + Negative	Salt II	Corrosive Salt (On-Hit Chance to hit your opponent with corrosive salt, for four ticks of 77 damage)
Water	Positive	Water + Positive	Steam II	Steam (On-Hit Chance for 2d8+8 Untyped Damage, ~20% occurrence reported)
Negative	Positive	Negative + Positive	Stalemate II	Concordant Opposition (On-Being-Hit chance, gain temporary hit points or spell points. 1% Chance on each)

Focus #1	Focus #2	Final Foci	Aspect Created	Clothing/Jewelry Attribute Added

Air	Air	Air	Air II	Air Guard (On-Being-Hit chance, DC 35 Trip or 30-second haste)
Earth	Earth	Earth	Earth II	Earthgrab Guard (On-Hit chance, Reflex DC 35 negates, target helpless while held.)
Fire	Fire	Fire	Fire II	Incineration Guard (~5% of time with 261-321 damage reported)
Water	Water	Water	Water II	Crushing Wave Guard (On-Being-Hit chance, 30-40 Cold + 30-40 Bludgeon Damage every 2 seconds for 6 seconds)
Negative	Negative	Negative	Negative Energy II	Slay Living Guard (On-Being-Hit chance, Slay any living enemy, successful DC 30 Fortitude Save takes 3d6
Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive Energy II	Greater Disruption Guard (On-Being-Hit chance, DC?? Will Save or be destroyed vs. Undead)

Air	Earth	Fire + Water	BOLAS II	Elemental Mastery On-Hit Chance to add 1d6 Acid, Cold, Electric, and/or Fire. Appears to be 10-20% for each to trigger, and 80%+ chance for at least one per hit.)
Air	Fire	Air + Fire	Smoke II	Smoke Concealment (20% Blur, Permanent)
Air	Water	Air + Water	Ice II	Freezing Ice Guard
Air	Negative	Air + Negative	Vacuum II	*Trap the Soul Guard (On-Being-Hit chance, HD 20 version of the spell is cast, this might* be onece per shrine)**
Air	Positive	Air + Positive	Lightning II	Lightning Storm Guard - (On-Being-Hit Chance to Strike with Lightning Bolt ~600-650 Damage Reported Testing)
Earth	Fire	Earth + Fire	Magma II	Magma Surge Guard (On-Being-Hit Chance to slow your opponent and cast Magma Surge, three ticks of ~100 damage each)
Earth	Water	Earth + Water	Ooze II	Sundering Ooze Guard (Ooze Sunder on hit (about every 5 hits), may also create a CR 12 Black Pudding)
Earth	Negative	Earth + Negative	Dust II	Disintegration Guard
Positive	Earth	Positive + Earth	Mineral II	+5 Protection, Heavy Fortification
Fire	Water	Air + Earth	Tempered II	Elemental Mastery On-Hit Chance to add 1d6 Acid, Cold, Electric, and/or Fire. Appears to be 10-20% for each to trigger, and 80%+ chance for at least one per hit.)
Fire	Negative	Fire + Negative	Ash II	Enervation Guard (On-Being-Hit chance, Enervation, 1d4 Negative Levels, No Save)
Fire	Positive	Fire + Positive	Radiance II	Radiance Guard (On-Being-Hit chance, deals 4d6 of light damage and may cause blindness to attacker
Water	Negative	Water + Negative	Salt II	Corrosive Salt Guard
Water	Positive	Water + Positive	Steam II	Steam Guard (On-Hit, deal 12-22 damage every 3-5 hits)
Negative	Positive	Negative + Positive	Stalemate II	Concordant Opposition (On-Being-Hit chance, gain temporary hit points or spell points. 1% Chance on each)

Which multiple shard combinations work?

Only Multiple shards creating a known Aspect will combine.

Can you combine two of the same focus shards (IE + & +)

Combining Single Focus Shards is not expected to yield anything special, except perhaps a waste of 12 valuable large ingredients.

Can you mix the gems/essences when combining shards?

Only shards created with the with the same gem and essence will successfully combine at the altar of Devastation.

If I used the same focus on upgrade 1 & 2, can I still get a special upgrade at 3?

If you chose a single focus upgrade path the only way to unlock your 3rd tier special bonus is to add a Supreme shard of the same focus e.g. you put fire at tier 1 and fire at tier 2, you have to add a fire shard to the third tier to gain your special bonus.

If I didn't use the same focus on upgrade 1 & 2, can I still get a special upgrade at 3?

If you have an item with a mixed focus aspect (ie not fire fire, positive, positive etc) Then only by adding a "Super" Dual Shard at the 3rd Altar (Devastation) that matches the existing elemental aspect (e.g. 'Aspect of ...' on the item description) will you unlock the tier 3 special bonus effect. IE) You put Fire at tier 1 and Negative at Tier 2, you must add an Ash shard at Tier 3. Exception: Balance of Land and Sky requires a Tempered Shard, and Tempered requires a Balance of Land and Sky shard.

What's the dominant order of the foci?

When combining Supreme Shards, the dominant element will be determined by the following order: Water, Fire, Earth, Air, Positive, Negative E.g. Fire beats Positive. e.g. Positive beats Negative. Exception: Air beats Water. The dominant element determines the tier 3 effect. E.g. it's not possible to get Good Blast on a mineral II weapon.

Do I have to get a bonus on upgrade/tier 3?

You do not have to get a bonus effect at tier 3 if you don't want to. IE) You could go Positive Dominion Material then Earth Dominion Material then Positive Dominion Material and end up with a +5 holy acid burst weapon of good blast with no bonus effect - if you really really wanted (Good Blast) over (Acid Blast, Transmuting, Keen, Slicing...) (save yourself 12 ingredients!)

What items can I get stat bonus's on?

Stats: The only stat you can increase on a jewelry item currently is Wisdom (+6). All other bonus types are to your SKILLS only when placed on a jewelry item. Weapon's can get any stat on them.

No, the order you place the shards on the altar when creating a super shard at the third altar does not matter. Dominant focus will always take precedence no matter the placement order. Water, Fire, Earth, Air, Positive, Negative in that order for what is dominant (Exception Air beats Water).

What's the average raw items required for all GreenSteel Recipe's?

Bitterscrub Fungus	1.5
Chipmunk Funk	2.2
Locus Husk	2.1
Glistening Pebble	2.3
Lammanian Lily Petals	1.4
Green Briar Twigs	2.4

What's the average raw items required for all Tier 1 Recipe's?

Small Glowing Arrowheads	2.0
Small Gnawed Bones	1.5
Small Infernal Chains	2.0
Small Devil Scales	2.5
Small Twisted Shrapnel	1.8
Small Sulfurous Stones	2.2

What's the average raw items required for all Tier 2 Recipe's?

Medium Glowing Arrowheads	2.0
Medium Gnawed Bones	1.5
Medium Infernal Chains	2.0
Medium Devil Scales	2.5
Medium Twisted Shrapnel	1.8
Medium Sulfurous Stones	2.2

What's the average raw items required for all Tier 3 Recipe's?

Large Glowing Arrowheads	3.4
Large Gnawed Bones	2.6
Large Infernal Chains	3.4
Large Devil Scales	4.3
Large Twisted Shrapnel	3.1
Large Sulfurous Stones	3.7

No. The only source of negative level from Shroud crafting is equipping an unholy weapon with a good-aligned character.

Yes & No. In order to wear more than 1 item at a time, you must "Cleanse" one of the items. In order to "Cleanse" an item, you must complete 20 runs of the shroud. Your end reward will include a Cleansing Stone. On your next run of the shroud, after completion, on the final altar, place your Item, the Cleansing Stone, and a High Energy Cell to cleanse the item. You will then be able to wear this item with another.

If you do NOT Cleanse 1 of the items, you will start to die when you have two uncleansed items equiped.

Yes, you can equip/use more than 1 GS weapon at a time. No cleansing is required with weapons.

You obtain one after 20 runs of the shroud, every time. You can use it on your 21st or later run. It must be used on the 3rd Alter (Alter of Devastation). You place your ITEM + CLEANSING STONE + HIGH ENERGY CELL onto the alter and Mix Magically. This will remove the Taint from the item, so you can wear more than 1 item on your character, without killing yourself. Cleansing stones are bound to your character. Using the cleansing stone on an item will bind that item to your character.